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Waterton Link Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Jun, Sep–Oct · highs 19–27 °C (66–81 °F)
- J7°-8°16
- F8°-7°20
- M12°-4°44
- A16°0°64
- M21°6°59
- J27°11°48
- J30°14°53
- A28°14°56
- S25°10°35
- O19°4°36
- N11°-3°22
- D6°-8°22
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Length
- 4.2 km · 2.6 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- Nearest town
- 5.3 km S of Ken Caryl (Jefferson County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Jun, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 39.5219, -105.0915
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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